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Dodd inherited problems, did he do enough?
Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat and then a soon-to-be presidential hopeful, sensed the coming storm when he laid out his plans for the Banking Committee to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 7, 2006. "In many respects, the American Dream is at risk in a way it has never been before," he said. "I do not intend to preside over its demise, but rather to do everything possible for its revival." Dodd pledged to conduct oversight of the agencies that are supposed to ensure that financial institutions and markets operate in a safe, sound, transparent and efficient manner. Although the committee has held more than 55 hearings, nudged the financial industry to clean up its subprime mess and passed laws aimed at containing the crisis, it has fallen short of curbing the problem. Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic in the 1960's.
Dodd inherited problems, did he do enough?
Dodd inherited problems, did he do enough?
By Peter Urban
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Article Last Updated: 09/28/2008 12:03:22 AM EDT
WASHINGTON -- When Chris Dodd took control of the Senate Banking Committee in January 2007 the seeds of today's financial disaster had long since been sown.
Years of deregulation, lax government oversight and a monetary policy that fed into the greed of Wall Street had inflated housing values and encouraged risky loans. The subprime mortgage crisis had already sprouted, yet no one foresaw how it would spread like a weed overtaking the entire economy.
"By early 2007, it was already too late," said Ed Deak, a professor of economics at Fairfield University. "I suspect that if Congress had taken a look at the quality of loans and asked about underwriting standards in 2005 it may have helped. That was the root cause of this."
Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat and then a soon-to-be presidential hopeful, sensed the coming storm when he laid out his plans for the Banking Committee to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 7, 2006.
"In many respects, the American Dream is at risk in a way it has never been before," he said. "I do not intend to preside over its demise, but rather to do everything possible for its revival."
Dodd pledged to conduct oversight of the agencies that are supposed to ensure that financial institutions and markets operate in a safe, sound, transparent and efficient manner.
Although the committee has held more than 55 hearings, nudged the financial industry to clean up its subprime mess and passed laws aimed at
containing the crisis, it has fallen short of curbing the problem.
Today, we sit perilously close to a fatal heart attack in our credit markets -- the lifeblood of our economy without which businesses cannot borrow to meet payrolls or pay for the materials needed for production.
"It seems a bit of surprise to me that everybody is shocked by what is going on here. This has been going on for a long time and a lot of people on the Banking Committee were right in the middle of it," says Todd Martin, who teaches economics at Fairfield University.
Critics have blamed Dodd for aiding and abetting the crisis as chairman of the committee. In particular, they have raised concerns about his ties to the financial services industry as well as his failed bid for the presidency in 2008.
Since 1989, Dodd has raised $43 million for his federal campaigns, including $13.2 million from the financial services sector, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Among his top contributors are executives of Wall Street giants now in trouble: Bear Stearns $351,950; American International Group $281,438; Goldman Sachs $264,116; Morgan Stanley $209,725; JPMorgan Chase $180,173 and Lehman Brothers $160,400, according to the Center.
Dodd has also been sharply criticized for receiving special treatment from Countrywide Financial Corp. when he refinanced his mortgages in 2003. The company, one of the nation's largest subprime lenders, included Dodd in a special VIP program it aimed at currying favor with Congressional leaders by providing cut-rate loans, waiving fees and erasing points.
Dodd has denied any wrongdoing and claimed he did not know the purpose of the VIP program until Conde Nast Portfolio reported on it in June.
Martin traces the nation's current financial crisis back to the 1970s when Democrats pushed for banks to set aside mortgages for inner city families with less-than-stellar credit. Then, too, was the Republican deregulation efforts pushed through the 1990s that spawned the growth of the subprime market.
Subprime lending in the U.S. rose from $35 billion annually in 1994 to $625 billion in 2005.
Nick Perna, an economist with Webster Bank in Connecticut, said that Congress could have pressured the Federal Reserve to increase oversight of exotic securities, reined in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and done more to protect consumers from predatory lending. But, nobody wants to rain on a parade.
"When housing prices are going up 15 percent we all look smart and nobody wants to do anything to upset that," he said.
Perna also noted that it is too much to expect that Dodd should have reacted differently than he did when the subprime mortgage crisis began to unfold. The consensus among economists in January 2007 was that the subprime issue was unique and an isolated phenomenon that pertained to some shady lenders and more broadly to mortgage brokers making subprime loans. Even through the summer, it seemed as if the problem was contained.
"Then this year it all started to hit the fan -- first in clumps and then by storm," Perna said.
The Bush administration has demanded that Congress swiftly approve a $700 billion bailout that would give Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson unfettered power to absorb the bad mortgage securities clogging the nation's credit arteries.
"It's important to note that these events that we talked about are not natural disasters. They happened, in my view, because of mismanagement and deregulation that occurred on basically an eight-year-old coffee break by the administration," Dodd said during a recent press conference in the U.S. Capitol.
But it was not until the bubble began to burst that the administration and lawmakers have sharpened their focus on reforming federal regulations over the financial services industry. When the crisis first unfolded, Dodd was quick to call on President Bush, federal regulators and the private financial markets to take action but took a more cautious approach in drafting his own legislation.
Dodd began holding hearings on the subprime crisis in February 2007 and was soon inviting industry players to his office to get the industry to take care of the boom in foreclosures that engulfed many homeowners whose subprime loans were resetting to untenable interest rates.
Dodd eventually went to work on his own $300 million housing bailout bill, which did not pass until this year.
Dodd's critics point to his short-lived presidential campaign as a major distraction that kept him from focusing on the looming financial crisis. Particularly galling to them was his announcement in October 2007 that his family was moving to Iowa for the duration of the caucus campaign.
He quit the presidential race on Jan. 4, almost a year to the day that he had launched his quixotic campaign.
While the House Financial Services Committee began in earnest in 2007 to produce a housing relief bill, the Senate took its time.
Dodd and Sen. Richard Shelby, R- Ala., spent much of May 2007 in private negotiations trying to reach consensus before unveiling their bill. The breakthrough came when they agreed to pay for mortgage guarantees by dedicated funds generated through reforms to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other Government-Sponsored Enterprises.
Although Democrats held an 11-10 majority in the Banking Committee, it was essentially split as Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., recovered from a stroke. A compromise with Republicans was needed to avoid an impasse.
"There are other ways of doing this. I remember marking up bills where no Republican showed up for the meeting. But, that is a much more difficult road politically," Dodd said at the time.
Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, praised Dodd at the time for reaching a "stunningly ambitious compromise" with Republicans who had little interest in helping homeowners.
But Rep. Christopher Shays, R-4, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, said at that time that he disagreed with Democratic contentions that Republicans were to blame for the pace of action in Congress. He noted that Dodd, an early presidential hopeful, had spent much of 2007 on the campaign trail.
"I think his running for president kind of diverted him," Shays said at the time.
Dodd has also taken criticism for relying so heavily on Wall Street to fund his campaigns.
In a report issued last week, Common Cause claimed that campaign contributions and lobbying by the mortgage financial industry have played a major role in blocking measures that would have addressed today's financial crisis.
"Even unscrupulous lenders responsible for steering people into predatory loans have escaped government intervention because the lending industry has so much influence in Washington, thanks to their incredible lobbying and campaign spending," said Common Cause President Bob Edgar.
Mike Surrusco, a Common Cause spokesman who wrote the report, said that alarms had been sounded, in testimony and letters, of the potential for widespread defaults on subprime loans.
"It wasn't a secret that this was going on and had Congress done something to regulate this it is not unreasonable to think we wouldn't have had the kind of collapse that we have had," Surrusco said.
The Center for Responsive Politics noted that the finance, insurance and real estate sector contributed more than $86 million to members of Congress between 1997 and a key vote on Gramm-Leach-Bliley in November 1999 that did away with the Depression-era protections that had established a wall between banks, insurers and investment firms. Dodd and Sen. Joe Lieberman voted in favor.
When they removed that wall, it gave way to mega-financial firms that are now considered "too big" for the government to allow to fail.
Sen. Phil Gramm, who chaired the banking committee at the time, touted their action as a deregulatory godsend.
"We are here today to repeal Glass-Steagall because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers," he said.
Maryland Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who was ranking member of the committee at the time, saw it differently. The new law, he said, was an effort to keep pace with globalization, technology changes and new financial products. Glass-Steagall, he said, had already been eroded through regulatory actions and court decisions.
The merger of Citibank and Travelers Group into Citigroup occurred in 1998 through a temporary waiver that other companies had also secured, he noted.
Public Citizen and Consumer Watchdog have also called on Congress to increase regulation of financial institutions and establish strict accountability for firms that receive bailout money.
Dodd has been an advocate for most of their specific recommendations including that taxpayers get a stake in companies that are bailed out and strict oversight.
"This crisis is rooted in a lack of regulation and oversight," said David Arkush, director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch division.
"This bailout bill must be covered by the Freedom of Information Act and have regular reporting to Congress of all expenditures." Surrusco said it would be unfair to blame Dodd for the inaction particularly since he introduced legislation to deal with the crisis. "You should give him credit for what he has done in that regard."
Dodd said he had hoped that earlier efforts -- including housing reforms and the bailout of Bear Stearns and AIG -- would have stanched the crisis. Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, he noted, had told the committee last August that the worst was behind them.
"We've had 55 hearings in my committee. It is almost unprecedented. I have constantly been talking about this and getting these bills done," Dodd said. "It has been a journey."
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This website features the original acrylic paintings of Winston J. Osmond, which depict the landscape and history of Fogo Island. Winston is a local artist with a great deal of talent. He began painting as a hobby but through the encouragement of his friends and family, he has painted a number of paintings showing the scenery and the traditional lifestyle of Fogo Island. You can contact him by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Delaware, Maryland Firefighters Battle House Fire
Just after 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 20, Wicomico County Central alerted Station 74 (Delmar), Station 2 (Salisbury) and Station 5 (Hebron) for a working structure fire with a report of two people trapped inside at 101 Spruce Street.
Deputy Chief D. Scott arrived to find a 1 1/2-story private dwelling with smoke and fire visible from the exterior. All occupants living in the home were accounted for upon his arrival.
First arriving Engine 74-3 spotted a hydrant and back-stretched a 1 3/4-inch hose line through the front door. Truck 74 along with Truck 2 was ordered to ladder the roof and ventilate. The crew from Engine 503 assisted the initial interior crews with containing the fire. All companies were on scene for nearly three hours.
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Superselective intra-arterial infusion of papaverine for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. | |
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PMID: 1432124 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
This report describes the successful treatment of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage with superselective intra-arterial infusion of papaverine hydrochloride. Thirty-seven vascular territories in 10 patients with symptomatic vasospasm were treated according to the following protocol. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed in two steps. First, a silicone balloon was used for dilation of the internal carotid artery and the proximal portions of the middle cerebral artery. A silicone leak balloon or Tracker-18 catheter was then introduced into or just proximal to the site of vasospasm not accessible to the angioplasty balloon catheter for superselective infusion of 0.2% papaverine. Thirty-four of 37 vascular territories were successfully dilated, and eight of 10 patients showed improvement in neurological function after the procedure. There were no serious side effects due to infusion of papaverine. It is essential to infuse the papaverine just proximal to the spastic vessels in order to deliver sufficient concentration of drug, and infusion should be carried out as early as possible before the artery loses its ability to return to a normal luminal size. Superselective intraarterial infusion of papaverine is an alternative method of treatment for symptomatic vasospasm. |
Y Kaku; Y Yonekawa; T Tsukahara; K Kazekawa |
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Title: Journal of neurosurgery Volume: 77 ISSN: 0022-3085 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurosurg. Publication Date: 1992 Dec |
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Created Date: 1992-12-17 Completed Date: 1992-12-17 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0253357 Medline TA: J Neurosurg Country: UNITED STATES |
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Department of Neurosurgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications Angioplasty, Balloon Female Humans Infusions, Intra-Arterial Intracranial Aneurysm / complications Ischemic Attack, Transient / drug therapy*, etiology, radiography Male Middle Aged Nicardipine / administration & dosage Papaverine / administration & dosage* Rupture, Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications* Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage |
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After they got the sack, the young and callow two Bens vanished from At the Movies, which is now gearing up for a Labor Day Weekend reboot. Just watching this preview of the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips and the New York Times' A.O. Scott makes me eager to get back into the At the Movies habit, spending time with two brainy film critics who will dig way deeper into movies than any ATM team since the original Ebert and Siskel. At a time when the overall film discussion seems to be dumbing down, these guys are going to smarten things up. Thank God.


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Release Date: 1984 | Tracklist
Album Rating: 3.5Voivod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5kCMWti4Y&feature=related Warriors of Ice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOrE7BS6VFE&feature=related Suck your Bone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31BSzQLfIg0&feature=related Iron Gang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FM0Ly0Lixs&feature=related War and Pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSozmwCbkbA&playnext=1&list=PLE6A7AF6BA27B5740 Blower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EseBTn54OHQ&feature=related Live for violence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnBgZZGceU&feature=related Black City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnBgZZGceU&feature=related Nuclear War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnBgZZGceU&feature=related Constructive criticism is most welcome.
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never listened to voivod lol
Album Rating: 3.0review is win, POS very accurate description of the music and the general background of the band the album is pretty weird in my opinion as it signifies the birth of a sound of a truly unique band I think there's a typo here: "Their debut, War and Peace (also a paraphrase of the title of Leon Tolstoy's classic novel War and Peace) came out in 1984." I think you mean War and Pain
Album Rating: 3.5yeah man you are right, i will correct.
Album Rating: 3.0Good review. I can't get into these guys any earlier than Killing Technology.
Album Rating: 3.5I can't get into these guys any earlier than Killing Technology. Yeah i know what you mean. I had this under a 2.5-3/5 rating myself when i first listened to it, but during the last few weeks that i was listening to this to review it, it kind of grew on me. If this had only the Motorhead/Venom "rip-off" influences, then yeah it would be a 2.5-3/5. But it doesn't have just that. Those eerie guitars present here was the seed for the superbly developed lead guitar work that's found later in Killing Technology and Dimension Hatross.
Album Rating: 3.5great review man i need this
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Album Rating: 3.5thanks KILL
Album Rating: 3.0Do killing technology.
Album Rating: 3.0Good review for a great band. Like this album, but their other stuff is a lot better. Pos'd.
Album Rating: 3.5Do killing technology. i will do Rrroooaaarrr first and then Killing Technology. Plus i will omit the Voivod records that already have a review, for now at least.
Excellent write up, man. I don't own any Voivod album but I've heard 'Nothingface' and couple of scattered songs here and there and I dig their sound. Band is from my hometown and sometime in their beginnings they were in a rehearsal studio next door to Crypt, a (ex) band I've played with before that.
Album Rating: 3.5thanx Jethro, much appreciate it. Nothingface is a beautiful headache.
Album Rating: 3.0i will do Rrroooaaarrr first and then Killing Technology. Plus i will omit the Voivod records that already have a review, for now at least.Yeah, you don't need to compete with my Dimension: Hatross review ;) Actually, that was one of my first reviews... I'm sure you could do better.
i will do Rrroooaaarrr first and then Killing Technology. Plus i will omit the Voivod records that already have a review, for now at least.
Album Rating: 3.0It's probably because i listened to their other 80's albums before this one, but Voivod's debut fails to keep me interested or indeed bothered to listen any further. It may be the rawness or the quite obvious punk influence, but fans of the more experimental side of voivod will most likely dismiss this album as one of their worst. A good album, perhaps overshadowed by future releases, that somehow doesn't fall fully on its face.
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The Next Kapoor In Bollywood
Mohit Marwah - nephew of Anil and Boney Kapoor - seems to be a star in the making!
Having caught everyone's attention in Dharma Productions' Strangers In The Night directed by Shakun Batra of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu fame, and presented by Chivas Studio, Mohit Marwah - nephew of Anil and Boney Kapoor - was also the cynosure of all eyes, as he made his presence felt at producer-director Karan Johar's birthday party.
Not the one to harp on his lineage, Mohit, having studied at Theatre School in New York for two years, was spotted by Karan Johar, who was very keen to cast him in the short film in which the actor put up an ovation-gaining performance and ever since, there's been no looking back.
Says a trade source, "Mohit Marwah has a certain X-factor to him that you see in very few actors. He's inherited the Kapoor good looks and is a trained actor who takes his job seriously. Karan Johar and Shakun Batra have been all praises for him and were blown away with his performance in Strangers In The Night. He has been approached by several filmmakers but he is being cautious about the films he signs on," adding, "Mohit, despite not having made a formal entry into the industry, is also a hit on the social media forum with everyone asking 'whose that guy' - the buzz only goes to prove that he is a star in the making."


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In Agamemnon, how does Aegisthus respond to the Chorus when they call him an effeminate draft-dodger?
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When the Chorus addresses Aegisthus, calling him a "woman" who merely "skulked at home" and was not brave enough to confront his enemy himself, rather plotting his death from the safety of his own home, Aegisthus responds in anger and with a threat against the Chorus:
These words of yours likewise shall prove a source of tears. The tongue of Orpheus is quite the opposite of yours. He led all things by the rapture of his voice; but you, who have stirred our wrath by your silly yelping, shall be led off yourself. You will appear tamer when put down by force.
It is clear that the complaints of the Chorus have touched a nerve with Aegisthus, and the way that Clytemnestra, his lover, has killed Agamemnon, rather than he himself leaves himself open to the charge of effeminate weakness and a lack of bravery. This is something that of course was very hard for him to take, but the way he threatens the Chorus and promises that when he rules Argos he will rule them with an iron fist and make these voices "tamer" by his rule suggests that he will not stand any such attack on his character. Aegisthus could therefore be viewed as a character who is actually rather insecure in himself about how he is viewed and perceived, having let a woman achieve his revenge for him rather than achieving it himself.
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Disappointed in AJ playing so far. He is not playing to his potential. Granted he caught a long pass for a TD. He was going up against 3rd string CB Cash. He should have been running circles around this guy! He and Carr should have exploited that 3rd stringer! The All Pro CB Bly was out! It seems the ball has to be perfect to AJ for him to catch it. There were 2 balls thrown to him that was right at him and he dropped them. Made Cash look like an All Pro. The end around he let a 175 lb CB take him down with ease. People keep saying he is young and give him time. But I was watching Roy Williams damn now he is a STUD!
He made Glenn look like a High School DB on 2 plays that went for TD`s! It is only his second Pro Game! Thank God they have a QB that cant see the field! When Roy has his hands on the ball it is his no matter who is around! Looks like he has the strongest hands in the league! Andre has raw talent! He needs to learn the fundamentals on how to catch the football with his hands 1st not his body. IE: that slant he caught for a 1st down he bobbled the catch. A good hit would knock the ball right out. On Curls and Outs he needs to come back to the ball keeping his body between the ball and defender. Also when running after the catch learn how to use a STIFF ARM to defend off would be tacklers. To bad we cant put DD`s Intensity of running into AJ!!!! Now that is a thought
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It is not AJ's fault that only 5 throws went his way...its the cover 2 defenses fault according to Capers...
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Ummm, yeah. Hard to catch balls that aren't thrown to you. Also hard to "catch" balls when you turn inside, out jump two DB's and get the catch only to be screwed by officials on a 40+ yard that would have given you a 126+ yd day. Yeah, AJ is a disappointment. And just seems to me that it is a little hard to knock the guy that lead the AFC in yards after catch last year for lacking intensity--call me and the three Bills DB's crazy, but he runs pretty hard after the catch.
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What about Andre's touchdown where he slipped a tackle to take in the end zone? Or the should-be reception at the 1 where he flat out took the ball from 2 DB's, only to get hosed by the people in the booth?
People complain about not going deep to AJ, but I think they don't do enough quick slants to him and utilize his ability to break one off on the defense. Last season during the 2nd Tennessee game they did alot of 2 step drop plays, and moved the ball quite efficiently, even though they did that to keep Carr from getting hurt again. Some of those, combined with a few pump fakes and play fakes could easily set up deep passing plays. |
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That critique of AJ is out to lunch. Maybe the captain has been drinking a bit too much brandy with Tenille lately. The ref's yesterday get two thumbs down from this critic. If the referees were a film, they were a cross between Ishtar, Gigli, and Titanic. Any drunk in the stands could plainly see AJ was shoved out of bounds. It was a brilliant catch. Too bad the ref couldn't see what everyone else could considering he was a couple of feet from the play. Eye checkups are part of your new insurance package bub. Try using it.
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I'm sorry but Roy Williams hasn't shown to me that he is the next up and coming top receiver. Yes, he had a very good game against the Texans. However, consistancy is the key. AJ has definitely shown me consistancy. Even if he is consistant with dropping a few passes or bobbling some balls. You know that you'll be getting the same guy day in and day out...if not you'll be getting a guy that will be improving. I'd rather have a guy that can give me the same thing every day while still improving. AJ is definitely a great receiver...and will be. The key is getting him the ball.
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I missed the series' where Andre Johnson dropped back and threw passes to Andre Johnson. I must have been watching Davis catch 10 passes.
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- The long awaited (at least by the contributors!) _Tolkien and
Shakespeare_ arrived on my doorstep yesterday, fortunately well-wrapped
in plastic. Looks great! Those of you who enjoyed the panel on
Shakespeare at the last Mythcon, or the Shakespeare-themed Mythcon in
Colorado a few years ago, will recognize a few of the papers. It's a
paperback, alas, but that means the price is reasonable. Hope you all
enjoy it! I certainly enjoyed putting it together.
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Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
Table of Contents
Introduction: Janet Brennan Croft
Clashing Mythologies: The Elves of Shakespeare and Tolkien: Allegra Johnston
"How Now, Spirit! Wither Wander You?" Diminution: The Shakespearean Misconception and the Tolkienian Ideal of Faërie: Jessica Burke
Just a Little Bit Fey: What's at the Bottom of The Lord of the Rings and A Midsummer Night's Dream?: Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario.
"Perilously Fair": Titania, Galadriel, and the Fairy Queen of Medieval Romance: Romuald Ian Lakowski
"We Few, We Happy Few:" War and Glory in Henry V and The Lord of the Rings: Daniel Timmons
The Person of a Prince: Echoes of Hamlet in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Kayla McKinney Wiggins
How "All That Glisters Is Not Gold" Became "All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter": Aragorn's Debt to Shakespeare: Judith Kollmann
"The Shadow of Succession": Shakespeare, Tolkien and the Conception of History: Annalisa Castaldo
"The Rack of this Tough World": The Influence of King Lear on Lord of the Rings: Leigh Smith
Shakespearean Catharsis in the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien: Anne C. Petty
Prospero's Books, Gandalf's Staff: The Ethics of Magic in Shakespeare and Tolkien: Nicholas Ozment
Merlin, Prospero, Saruman and Gandalf: Corrosive Uses of Power in Shakespeare and Tolkien: Frank P. Riga
"Bid the Tree Unfix His Earthbound Root": Motifs from Macbeth in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Janet Brennan Croft
The Other
Hidden in Plain View: Strategizing Unconventionality in Shakespeare's and Tolkien's Portraits of Women:
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Something is Stirring in the East: Racial Identity, Confronting the "Other," and Miscegenation in Othello and The Lord of the Rings: Robert Gehl
Self-Cursed, Night-fearers, and Usurpers: Tolkien's Atani and Shakespeare's Men: Anna Fåhraeus
Gollum and Caliban: Evolution and Design: Lisa Hopkins
Of Two Minds: Gollum and Othello: Charles Keim
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Jewish World Review Dec. 27, 2010 / 20 Teves, 5771 I Was A Crime Fighter and Super Hero By Alan Douglas
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Izzy was hurt. He had argued with his parents over the phone about changing his major. It cost a lot to keep him in school but he decided he didn't want to be a political science major. Sure, they had warned him about it, and changing majors would mean an additional semester to graduate, but did that justify not sending him a birthday card?
Morgan was mad. His father had started a new family after divorcing Morgan's mother, but he always sent a gift of some type to Morgan on special occasions. But for Morgan's upcoming graduation from college, only a cute congratulatory greeting card arrived. Morgan figured this was a clear sign that he was on his own. His old man was too busy spending his money on his trophy wife and new baby.
Izzy and Morgan were both wrong. The real cause of their problems was a sinister criminal conspiracy so dangerous, so cunning, that it could only be defeated by committing the full resources the United States government, the skill of federal law enforcement officers and �. Me.
The phone rang on my desk one afternoon and it was the Director of Campus Housing. As a lowly Administrative Assistant working in a college dormitory, it was my responsibility to keep the office open, keep schedules, report problems to maintenance, sort the mail, sign for deliveries, answer student questions, and refer students to the proper sources. Broken toilets, disputes in the television room, and complaints about the universe, composed the majority of my workload. The Director of Housing told me that a Mr. Baldwin (all names in this report have been changed to protect the innocent) would be calling me later that day and I was to cooperate fully with him. I expressed my thanks and gave the usual assurance that I would be ready, willing, and able with the same enthusiasm that enlisted military personnel, McDonald's team members, and administrative assistants the world over, have given for centuries. Baldwin called a few minutes later and scheduled to meet me in the dorm office after hours. Agent Baldwin, in his official conservative suit, with an official looking briefcase, flashed his enormous and very shiny badge. He was a federal field investigator, a United State Postal Inspector, sworn to uphold the law and catch bad guys, and he even had a gun. He explained that I would be working with him on a case, but I should not tell anyone. And so I became an undercover operative for a federal sting operation.
Agent Baldwin told me that birthday cards, Christmas cards, and other greeting cards sent to students at our college dormitories were being steamed open and the money or gift cards were being stolen. The United States Postal Inspectors had done surveillance in the post offices to check on those sorting the mail and spied on the letter carriers delivering the mail to the university. They concluded that the post office employees were "clean" and the thefts were being made in the university mail room. Our job was to find and arrest the offenders. We did not want to tip them off or cause a panic, so from now on Agent Baldwin instructed me that we would meet away from the dorm. The plan was a simple one. Baldwin gave me a list of names. The feds would send fake greeting cards containing cash that were addressed to fake students at my dorm. I would intercept the fake cards that came through and return them to Agent Baldwin. By sending different cards at different times they could make sure all the shift of mail room workers would have an opportunity to steal. The cash in the fake greeting cards was coated with an invisible powder that showed up under ultra violet light. Each night the agents would check the mail room employee time cards and areas with ultra violet light to see who had "touched" the missing cash until they could catch them.
For the next three weeks, Baldwin would call me and we would meet on street corners or in his car so I could hand in the cards and money. One time when we were in the car, Baldwin yelled, "Get Down" and I dove for the floorboards. There were no bullets, no car chase, just Agent Baldwin crouched beside me whispering, "I think one of the guys from the mailroom is across the street." I started to giggle. As the years pass I am tempted to tell this story saying I laughed or chortled, but the truth is I giggled. Baldwin straightened up a minute later and asked for the envelopes. Following a few more weeks of secret meetings Baldwin called to tell me they had apprehended two university mail room employees. Their time cards carried the tell-tale powder and they had some of the marked bills on them. He wished me well and reminded me that the university and agency wanted the investigation to remain confidential. I hope that Izzy, Morgan, and the other students who never received their cards and gifts eventually found out the truth, but as a junior G Man, crime fighter, I was sworn to secrecy, and never said a word, until now.
And then another fake greeting card arrived, and another, and another until I had about five fake cards. I called Baldwin to report this new development. "Case is closed. I guess there must have been a few cards still in process. Don't worry about it" Baldwin explained, adding, "Just throw them away." After three more weeks I had fifteen more fake cards with money. "I told you the case is closed" Baldwin said with noticeable irritation. "Do whatever you want with it, the case is closed".
And that is how one Friday afternoon I became a super hero, when our dormitory hosted a free TGIF Pizza Party for all our students. The guy delivering the pizza was puzzled when I paid him in cash, wearing gloves. I can honestly say that I did not touch any of that money. At the party I wanted to put up one of those signs you see posted at highway construction sites that read: Your taxpayer dollars at work . But I was sworn to secrecy.
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